A.C. Green

It's come to this for the 16-time champs and formerly undisputed kings of Los Angeles: Their season hinges on a hobbled 18-year veteran, the NBA's oldest point guard, a player who was told to slap on his "big-boy pants" last season and another who smashed his thumb while tobogganing down the Great Wall of China. These aren't your father's Lakers, or even your older brother's Lakers. These are a bunch of guys in the last year of their contracts who will play hard and try their best — problem spots last season, no doubt, but more likely catchphrases in Memphis or Atlanta, not Los Angeles. To say the Lakers are worried about making the playoffs...

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